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The selection, and use of educational software and its impact in schools are still controversial issues. In this paper we present an alternative conceptualisation of educational software based on considering the software as an instrument for teachers' professional performance. We review previous work in the areas of the design, development and evaluation of educational software and of the process of educational innovation. The review of these four areas converges to demonstrate the need for knowing and considering the context of use of educational software and for understanding users' perspectives about its roles and possibilities and hence supports a perspective on educational software which sees it as a professional tool for teachers' performance of their teaching role.
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HINOSTROZA, E., REHBEIN, L.E., MELLAR, H. et al. DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE: A PROFESSIONAL TOOL PERSPECTIVE. Education and Information Technologies 5, 103–117 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009699417462
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